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Danneels also took issue with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and a leading church conservative, who feels that Vatican II led to a lamentable confusion about what Catholic teaching truly is. Asked whether the synod would launch a "restoration" of the church, a term used by Ratzinger in a recent controversial book to describe the efforts to counteract supposed damage from liberal interpretations of Vatican II, Danneels snapped, "We are not having a synod about a book...
...Manhattan previews, audiences giggled derisively through much of Revolution. A few saps (like the undersigned) were briefly moved by a three-minute close-up of Pacino fiercely nursing his son (Sid Owen) through some primitive Indian foot surgery. But then Kinski would launch into a furniture-smashing mad scene, or Donald Sutherland would drop by, a tuft of hair sprouting from his right cheek, and the toga-party roistering would recommence. If this reception is duplicated elsewhere. Revolution could achieve a dubious immortality as the campfire classic of 1986. --By Richard Corliss
...central government chose Jiang because it was deeply frustrated with Shanghai's sluggish response to Deng Xiaoping's economic dreams. Almost three years ago, at Deng's urging, the city was given extraordinary freedom to handle foreign trade and investment. No longer was prior approval from Peking necessary to launch export programs. The city could enter into joint ventures with foreign countries, raise international capital and invite bids for construction projects. If all went well, Shanghai, already responsible for one-sixth of China's foreign-exchange earnings and one-eighth of its industrial production, would emerge as a sort...
...lifetime tenure as President and the right to choose his successor. The following day students in Gonaïves abandoned classes to demand an end to Duvalier's reign. Army troops shot two students in cold blood and beat a third to death. That inspired students all over Haiti to launch new protests, most of which were violently put down by security forces. On Dec. 15, a Gonaïves school principal was arrested and later died in police custody...
...surge in traffic was fostered by deregulation, which made it possible for entrepreneurs to launch new carriers and set their own prices. About 100 airlines now fly interstate routes, compared with 36 in 1978. In addition to People Express, many other new entries have had impressive takeoffs. New York Air is growing rapidly along the East Coast, Muse Air is doing well from its Houston base, and Jet America is carving out a niche with flights between California and the Midwest. Many others, though, have failed. After expanding too swiftly, Air Florida filed for bankruptcy in 1984 and then merged...